North Bridge Inn

Our favourite local!
Nice range of beers (although you’ll never get to know any of them as they change so often!). Friendly and relaxed. Live music is often very good and there’s always somewhere to sit.
Pizza nights are amazing.
My only worry is that it’s going to get too popular!

Marvellous little pub with a great reputation for good music and a «relaxed attitude-​free community atmosphrere». It is CAMRA listed and now does Lazy Sunday Roasts, booking advised, from 3pm-​6pm. Sarah’s pub motto is «Be nice or leave.» I recommend being nice
Eddie was in there drinking of an evening when another ex-​landlord said: — You’re braver than me. I’ll never drink in my old bar. To which Eddie replied: — But your old gaff is horrible now this one is lovely!

This is a lovely pub again! (After Eddie and the gang left it re-​opened a few months later and it was like another pub had been teleported in and all the nice people had vanished!) Anyway, now it is looking very attractive inside again — lighter and brigher, but in a soft way. I haven’t tried the food (yet), but the menu is tapas and I think they are starting other nibbles too. Lots of different things to drink — lovely real ales and ciders — not the usual generic selection. Very friendly staff and punters, live music of the more acoustic variety is a regular feature too, so you can enjoy both the music and conversation — hooray!

2012 I cannot believe I only gave this pub 4 stars first time around. From subsequent visits the place has grown on me so much that it has become one of my favourite pubs in the whole country. I regularly visit Devon and Cornwall and try and engineer a short stop in Exeter on the way back, just to come here. It is quirky in such a good way and the selection of beers always seems better than the last time I dropped by (some decent Keg Cider to be had too!). Just everything I said below! But Better!2010 This is a friendly, clean and attractive pub with a lovely air to it somehow (I guess this is down to the handful of plants in the pub). The sofas are comfortable and the pub is well lit. Most of the drinkers seemed to know each other and the staffthis is very much an old fashioned locals pub. without particularly looking like oneit looks more like a shop conversion, but with an old exterior. I found this appealing somehowthat a pub doesn’t have to be oldand have a history in order to be a good ol’ boozer. Is a live music venue too apparently. They serve real ale. I enjoyed a nice pint of Dartmoor Jail Ale and read a free newspaper. The lettering outside used to say North Bridge Inn but now just says N B I. I am not sure what happened to the other letters but if someone took them. watch out for a ‘RED THONG’ sign somewhere in Exeter!

Yes, something of an Exeter institution, great for live music, with a very friendly atmosphere. Sadly it has been closed for a couple of months now.

This is one of my favourite pubs in Exeter as it’s not a trendy wine bar but has lots of character. Although it is quite small it still manages to fit in DJs and live music. There are pool tables in the back room and always a welcoming atmosphere. I love the mixture of different furniture, especially the hanging egg chair!

The North Bridge Inn (NBI) is one of Exeter’s best kept secrets. It hosts a friendly and welcoming atmosphere to all who find themselves there.
It’s slightly off the beaten track on St Davids Hill, it has a pooltable and a quite little beer/​smoking garden. It boasts some lovlie organic ciders and great local ales. Comfy-loose-yourself-sofa’s and a great alternative jukebox. There’s an open mic night every Wednesday and trust me the musicians who play there are exceptional, it’s definatly worth checking out.
It’s a bar without ego or attitude, there are regular’s and locals who are a little like the cast of Cheers, but they’ll welcome any newcommers with open arms. It’s a great place to visit, again and again.